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Taxonomy
Blarina was named by Gray (1838). It is extant. Its type is Sorex brevicaudus.
It was assigned to Soricidae by Lesson (1842), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); and to Blarinini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Soricidae by Lesson (1842), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); and to Blarinini by Van Valen (1967), George (1986) and Gunnell et al. (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Blarina Gray |
| 1842 | Blarina Lesson |
| 1848 | Talposorex Pomel |
| 1855 | Anotus Wagner |
| 1899 | Mamblarinaus Herrera |
| 1902 | Blarina Hay p. 738 |
| 1930 | Blarina Hay p. 442 |
| 1952 | Blarina Sherman p. 87 |
| 1967 | Blarina Van Valen |
| 1967 | Blarina Wilson p. 207 |
| 1980 | Blarina Kurten and Anderson p. 111 |
| 1986 | Blarina George p. 153 |
| 1988 | Blarina Carroll |
| 2008 | Blarina Gunnell et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Blarina Gray 1838 [American short-tailed shrew]
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Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 [northern short-tailed shrew]
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Invalid names: Blarina fossilis Hibbard 1943 [synonym], Blarina kirtlandi Graham and Semken 1976 [synonym], Blarina ozarkensis Brown 1908 [synonym], Sorex talpoides Grapper 1830 [synonym], Talposorex platyurus Pomel 1848 [synonym]
Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837 [southern short-tailed shrew]
†Blarina simplicidens Cope 1899
Invalid names: Anotus Wagner 1855 [synonym], Mamblarinaus Herrera 1899 [synonym], Talposorex Pomel 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma
Collections (78 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Blancan | USA (Florida) | Cryptotis parva (19752) | |
| Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Blarina carolinensis (19941) Blarina sp. (19930) | |
| Blancan | USA (Nebraska) | Blarina sp. (19964) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Blarina carolinensis (20384) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Blarina bravicauda (124319) Blarina brevicauda (123875 125941) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (West Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (79660) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Oklahoma) | Blarina brevicauda (20157 20309) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Blarina simplicidens (20479) Blarina sp. (20354) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Alabama) | Blarina sp. (20282) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Blarina brevicauda (20306 20318 20560) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (South Dakota) | Blarina carolinensis (20389) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Iowa) | Blarina sp. (20408) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Nebraska) | Blarina brevicauda (20143 20154) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Illinois) | Blarina sp. (20292) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (West Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (20554 20555) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Blarina brevicauda, Blarina carolinensis (20302) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Blarina brevicauda (20289) Blarina carolinensis (20308 20350 20385 20402 20475) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Kansas) | Blarina brevicauda (20422 20423 20424 20566) Blarina carolinensis (20562) Blarina sp. (20293 20301 20390 20391) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Blarina brevicauda (20290) | |
| Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (Kansas) | Blarina fossilis (20492) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Blarina carolinensis (20440 20491) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alabama) | Blarina carolinensis (84195) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Blarina brevicauda (74292 154805) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Blarina brevicauda (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Blarina brevicauda (20608) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Blarina brevicauda (200485) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (93332 123868 124198 124199) Blarina brevicuda (124950) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Kansas) | Blarina brevicauda (20605) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (82258 103991 104758 124089) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Blarina brevicauda (20572 20580 20595 20650) Blarina carolinensis (20573 20636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Blarina brevicauda, Blarina carolinensis (20604) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | Blarina sp. (63564 63566 63567 63568 63570 63571) Blarina sp., Blarina brevicauda (63565 63569) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Blarina brevicauda (104689) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Blarina brevicauda (63429) | |
| Holocene | USA (Ohio) | Blarina brevicauda (195066) |